Alien Bush | Michael R. Oliver | This song is a really cool & mellow song written by Gavin Rossdale. It is off the Sixteen Stone album. If anyone has any information Bush touring New York area, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, e-mail me. here is the song. (this is the best i could do!) Bass parts ---------- in the song, there are many parts where the bass plays the main riff. it is basically the same riff with a slight variation.
G |---------------------------------------------------------| D |---11-----9----7---9--7--2---4------4-----4-----4---4----| A |-0-----0-----0---0-------0---0---0-----0-----0----0---0--| E |---------------------------------------------------------| G |---------------------------------------------------------| D |---11-----9----7---7---7--9--4----4---4---4--------------| A |-0-----0-----0---0---0----0--0--0---0---0----------------| E |---------------------------------------------------------| **guitar will sometimes play the same thing as the bass is playing guitar ------ notations: v=vibrato s=let note or notes ring h=hammer on part A: ------- i'm pretty sure that this is the chorus A |-----| G |-----| D |-----| B |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |--7--| |--4--| |--7--| |--5--| |--7--| |--4--| (the B could be a C-chord) |--7--| |--5--| |--5--| |--2--| |--5--| |--3--| |-----| |-----| the chorus pretty much goes like that A-G-D-B progression ******************************************************************** Fill #1: -------- this is played frequently in the song, if you listen you will be able to here where. E |--------------------------| B |--------------------------| G |--------------------------| (play as many times as needed) D |--9h11--9h11--9h11--9h11--| A |--------------------------| E |--------------------------| ********************************************************************* Fill #2: -------- this part comes in at 1.50 in the song (after 1st chorus), and maybe some other parts, i don't know i didn't check. E |---------------------------------| B |-----5-----------5--------5------|(play as many times as needed) G |-----------7---------7--------7--|(improvise when needed) D |--7-----7-----7----7----7---7----| A |---------------------------------| E |---------------------------------| ********************************************************************** Fill #3: -------- this part comes in at about 2.05 E |------------------------| B |------------------------| G |--9--9---7--------------| D |------------7--7--9h11--| A |------------------------| E |------------------------| *********************************************************************** Fill #4: -------- this part comes in at about 2.27, it is a gradual bend * ** E |-------------------| B |-------------------| G |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| (close enough) D |-------------------| A |-------------------| E |-------------------| *=start gradual bend, bend up 1/2 step slowly **=finish of last note when you finally reach the 1/2 step bend *********************************************************************** Fill #5: -------- starts at 3.01, then just play the octave slide again at about 3.11, 3.19, 3.26, and maybe at some other places that i missed bend up a whole step E |--------------------------------------------| B |--/\----------------------------------------| G |--9---7v---9---7--7--x--x--7/9--9--9--9/11--| D |---------------------x--x-------------------| A |---------------5--5--x--x--5/7--7--7--7/9---| E |--------------------------------------------| ************************************************************************ Part B: ------- this part comes at about 3.38 E |----------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------| G |--5s-----5-----5-----5--5--7--5s-----5-----5-----5--5--7--| D |--5s-----5--2--5--2--5--5--7--5s-----5--2--5--2--5--5--7--| A |--3s-----3--2--3--2--3--3--5--3s-----3--2--3--2--3--3--5--| E |------------0-----0---------------------0-----0-----------| E |--------------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------------| G |--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------| D |--5-5-5-5-etc......-------------------------| A |--3-3-3-3-(play the c-chord a lot of times--| E |--------------------------------------------| ************************************************************************* there is an outro solo at the end of the song somewhere around 4 minutes into the song (give or take 20 seconds), i don't have time to figure it out, however, if you would like to write you own little solo for it (like i have) the below notes will work just really good for a solo. If you do it right, it could sound really great. The notes are in no particular order, just from high to low, work with it see what happens. E |---------------------------------------------------------| B |---------------------------------------------------------| G |---------------------------------------------------------| D |------------------0--2--4--6--7--9--11--14--16--18--19---| A |----------0--2--4----------------------------------------| E |-0--2--4-------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------| B |---------------------------(7--8--10--12--14--15--17--19)-| G |--7--9--11--14--16--18--19--------------------------------| D |----------------------------------------------------------| A |----------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------| E |-(7--9--10--12--14--15--17--19)-| B |--------------------------------| G |--------------------------------| D |--------------------------------| A |--------------------------------| E |--------------------------------| work with it p.s. the notes in the parenthesis, i don't use 'em, it sounds better if you don't but if you want to go ahead ************************************************** there is probabaly tons of corrections to be made. Either E-Mail me or just make the changes. Any suggestions, comments, requests, THANK-YOU notes, or anything else, just e-mail me (OllieOne@aol.com). have fun with the song. don't forget, print it out on the NOTEPAD
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